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Baby it’s cold outside…

I woke up this morning to find that Portland is covered in a lovely layer of snow. This does not happen often, and as an Aussie it still absolutely delights me. I was jumping round the house opening all the curtains and gleefully claiming “ohhh it is so pretty”. Then I realised I needed to photograph my quilt this morning. Glee gone.

As much as I love snow I am not a huge fan of being cold. But I rugged up, 4 layers deep, put on some gloves and bravely ventured out to photography my just finished quilt top.

This was the perfect quilt to photograph in the snow, and I have decided to call the quilt “Icicles”…it seemed like a fitting title.

This quilt is a Do.good.stitches project. I recently joined the “Hope Circle” and when it was my turn to set the block I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

We used Julie at 627Handworks “Icky Thump” block – one of the easiest and most effective paper piecing patterns EVER. You can find the free pattern here and my original post here.I love how much variety there is in this quilt. If I had made all the blocks myself the quilt top would not be this interesting – I would have stuck with light greys and turquoises. The wonderful ladies of my quilt circle instead provided me with such wonderful blocks, such variation in greys that the quilt really sings. I can not wait to get the back made and the quilt finished.

I haven’t been a fan of grey, but you’re turning me around. I love this one and see making this same pattern, but in different colors. You actually get a lot more snow in Portland than we do in Seattle. It’s cold, but sunny and clear here.

Awesome quilt!! Love the colors and pattern. Snow days are great for photography because you get so much natural reflection from the snow. My sewing room is alight today(we got about 5″ in Albuquerque) , I am so loving the snow we have!

Gorgeous quilt. I am also chuckling about your glee at the snow. I remember being just the same when I lived in the northern hemisphere, while the locals, for who snow had long ago ceased to be a fun novelty, looked at me, bouncing with excitement and wanting to go out and play in it, and thought I was crazy.

Love the colours! “Icicles” is the perfect name for this winter quilt. I’ve never seen snow, myself, and it seems like it’s going to be another hot Christmas in Australia, so I can see why you would be delighted. Enjoy your winter Christmas.

I miss the hot summers of Oz, there is nothing like lounging by the pool on Christmas Day. Bu a white Christmas is so so pretty and Santa’s costume makes sense more sense here. Who wears fur in summer?

Boy, this sure is a wonderful quilt. The colors are outstanding. The snow is the perfect setting for such an aptly named quilt. I checked out the paper piecing pattern and looking at the original, would never have made it because the colors didn’t appeal to me. Your version certainly changed my mind.

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